Soto-Antillon off, Soto about to sign with GBP

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  1. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This sucks, I was looking forward to the rematch on the Pac-Mosley card:

    Update: Humberto Soto has indeed declared his free agency, with attorney Michael Miller representing him. Indications are that Soto is headed to Golden Boy Promotions, and the war between GBP and Top Rank just gets worse.
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    numerous sources say Humberto Soto will not be going ahead with a May 7 rematch against Urbano Antillon, and that he might be moving on from Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions.
    Soto and Antillon won many Fight of the Year awards for their December 2010 war in Anaheim, including the Bad Left Hook Fight of the Year, and the rematch was to be the feature bout and a very nice selling point on the Pacquiao-Mosley undercard. Losing the fight would be a major blow to the card's overall quality. The undercard still features the return of Kelly Pavlik at 168 pounds, plus a sacrifice of Jorge Arce to Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., but the money is definitely in Soto-Antillon II, which is the best fight on the card from a pure fight standpoint.
    If Soto does back out, a potentially jaw-dropping war between Antillon and Brandon Rios could be made for July 9.
     
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  2. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The only fight i was looking forward to in that card.

    Anyone know why Soto is leaving Arum??
     
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  3. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Cause he's ducking rios
     
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  4. StrawberrySam

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    GBP holds most of the lightweights, marquez, katsidis, guerrero. Maybe he wants to chase after marquez? And i think he knows sooner or later he's gonna fight rios and he don't want that:deal
     
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  5. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wonder if there is any truth to that; it crossed my mind too.

    He beats Antillon again and he is sure to headline a card against Rios in a pretty big fight.

    Instead it looks like he will fight the Ghost next.

    Maybe it is a smart move as I'd much rather fight Guerrero than Antillon/Rios :D
     
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  6. Relentless

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    i hate to call soto a ducker as i like him but sotto vs rios was supposed to happen in february, because soto declined they had to find rios someone else.
     
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  7. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This officially means I'm not ordering Pac-Mosley.
     
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  8. FORMIDABLE

    FORMIDABLE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wtf? Soto ducked Rios to fight Antillon. Now he he ducks Antillon to sign with GBP. Let me guess, he blames Arum for not getting him big fights? The same Arum who was desperate to make Soto-Rios only for Soto to chicken out. Joker
     
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  9. Relentless

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    you're from the UK.
     
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  10. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sotos been ducking Rios for a long time.
     
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  11. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Golden Boy seems to be bulking up for possible JMM's opponent's.
     
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  12. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    or morales.
     
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  13. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So it looks like we will definitely see JMM v Soto right?... JMM looks to be re signing with GBP
     
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  14. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like Soto's chances against Rios. It's too bad it won't happen.

    Hopefully there is a good explanation for all of this nonsense. It's a tad weird that Soto apparently never signed to fight Antillon on the 5/7 card. Why would TR say the fight was confirmed and promote it without signatures?

    Hopefully we learn what really went down.
     
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  15. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Wonder what that clown "Aztecas" has to say about all this...
     
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